STIHL Inc.

$25,000 – $39,999
ACRT
Arizona Public Service
Asplundh Tree Expert Company
Bartlett Tree Experts
Dominion
Ohio Chapter ISA

$10,000 – $24,999
Bandit Industries
Canadian TREE Fund
Stuart & Shirley Crow
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Timothy & Donna Gamma
Mid-Atlantic STIHL
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
PacifiCorp

$5,000 – $9,999
Arboriculture Australia
Arborwell
Casey Trees
Florida Chapter ISA
Illinois Arborist Association
Lewis Tree Service
Mississippi Valley STIHL
National Grid
NGK Spark Plugs
Pacific Northwest Chapter ISA
Southern Chapter ISA
Tree Care Industry Association
Universal Utility Supply Company
West Coast Arborists

  $1,000 – $4,999
Doug & Linda Anderson
Nancy M. Ash
Steven & Lisa Asplundh
Dennis & Janet Bornancin
Brickman Group
Busy Bee Tree Services
Jeffrey M. Carney
Gregory & Rebecca Carver
CDC-BME STIHL Distributor
Stephen Cieslewicz
Colorado Tree Coalition
Kevin & Doreen Crenshaw
CWC Enterprises
Deer Park Apartments
Douglas Drysdale & Gisela Zelenka-Drysdale
Ford Motor Company
Forestry Equipment of Virginia
Heather L. Green
Pamela K. Hendricksen
Brian Hughes & Lori Morris-Hughes
Indiana Arborist Association
Hyland & Beth Johns
Mary E. Landa
Lebanon Seaboard Corporation
Massachusetts Tree Wardens
MediaCom USA
Mid-Atlantic Chapter ISA
Minnesota Society of Arboriculture
New England Chapter ISA
New Jersey Arborists
New York State Arborists
Orlando Utilities Commission
Steven & Ginger Parker
Dan E. Patterson
Pogo Tree Experts
Professional Grounds Management
Neil & Susan Rowland
John & Valerie Saylor
Tobias & Anne Sherrill
Brian & Melissa Sipes
James & Colleen Skiera
E. Thomas Smiley
Philip & Lynn Straus
Synergistic Solutions
Tamke Tree Experts
Tech Tree Experts
Trees, Inc.
TreesPlease
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
US Bank
Utah Community Forest Council
Utility Arborist Association
Valley Crest Tree Care Services
Vermeer Manufacturing Company
Michael & Cynthia Weidner
Western Chapter ISA
Wetland Studies and Solutions
Thomas Williams & Helen Steussy
Wright Tree Service

  $500 – $999
Andreas Enterprises
Chris T. Andrews
Arrowood
Gregg & Christine Asplundh
Melanie A. Baggerman
James & Lucy Baker
Barnes Tree Service
Arthur W. Batson, III
Mark Bluhm
Gary Brooks
Ann S. Brown
Stephanie A. Buckalew
Joyce A. Cadieux
Cozen O’Connor
Harlan & Katherine Crow
Trammell S. Crow
Richard B. Dannenberg
Dave Leonard Consulting Arborist
Robert & Adeline deButts
Anthony R. Dibona
David & Mary DiCarlo
Carlos A. Duart
East Central Energy
Albert & Rose Epperson
Ex-cel Tree Experts
Kevin C. Gaynor
Shirley D. Geist
Steven D. Geist
Glenwood Tree Experts
William & Beverly Gordon
David W. Graham
Sydney & Ellen Hall
Jeffrey & Alexia Hamilton
Hamilton Tree & Landscape
James W. Harris
Robert Heath & Elizabeth Buchanan
Hooper Corporation
Douglas & Kathy Huneke
Iron Spring Farm
Landscape Inspectors Association
Lee Brothers
Legacy Forestry Services
L.I. Arboricultural Association
Edward & Brenda Macie
James C. McBride
Mark McGahan
Edward Milhous & Roberta Ainsley
Bryan & Christine Moller
Jerry & Marilyn Morey
Paul Mulhollem & Valerie Cravens
Michael & Amy Neal
NSTAR Electric & Gas
Scott & Amy Packard
Penn-Del Chapter ISA
Rainbow Treecare Scientific
Rentals Unlimited
Ridgewood Management
Michael & Danya Robinson
Rocky Mountain Chapter ISA
Stephen Rubin
Shreiner Tree Care Specialists
Patricia Skiera
South Side Total Power
Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape
Sharon Vore
Wachtel Tree Science
Henry R. Wainwright
Derrick & Susan Wells
Allan & Joyce West

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Learn More about the 2012 STIHL Tour des Trees!

By Janet Bornancin
TREE President/CEO

We started 2011 with ambitious goals for our research and education programs; I’m pleased to share with you the results of our efforts and your generosity.

The TREE Fund Research and Education Committee, led by Dr. Hallie Dozier, reviewed 59 applications and awarded more than $112,300 in 2011 to support new research projects in our priority areas of root and soil management, planting and establishment, risk assessment and arborist safety, and urban forestry.

An additional $41,000+ was disbursed to support the ongoing work of multi-year grant recipients such as Dr. Brian Kane (Univ. of Mass. Amherst), recipient of our 2009 Dr. Mark McClure Research Fellowship, and Dr. Kane’s fellow Hyland R. Johns Grant recipients Dr. Bryant Scharenbroch (The Morton Arboretum) and Dr. Kelby Fite (Bartlett Research Labs). Dr. Kane’s work is expected to contribute significantly to our knowledge of how decay impacts trees’ ability to withstand stress, and how best to utilize cabling to support stressed trees. The Scharenbroch/Fite inquiry into the potential of biochar as an urban soil amendment caught the attention of the Chicago media last spring, which featured the project in an Earth Day broadcast. Not all of our research projects are “flashy” enough to make the 6 o’clock news, but I believe wholeheartedly that our work is making a difference in the health of our trees and the safety of those who care for them.

We also helped defray the cost of college with scholarships for 3 aspiring tree care professionals in 2011, and awarded an Arboriculture Education Grant to provide materials and scientific equipment for outdoor (and arboriculture) education experiences for thousands of middle school students in California each year. And I’m proud to announce the debut of a new grant to support arboriculture education in the Buckeye state, funded entirely by the Ohio Chapter of ISA.

These programs speak directly to our commitment to the future of the tree care industry. Most of today’s certified arborists will tell you that their interest in the environment began with time spent in the company of trees as a kid. Today’s youngsters are in real danger of growing up “nature deprived.” Because young people have fewer opportunities to interact spontaneously with nature, we need to seek out and support programs which will engage their interest and inspire them to consider green careers. Our partners in the MillionTreesNYC Training Program have experienced firsthand the difference that inspiration and opportunity can make in the life of a young adult. The success of this ongoing program continues to inspire everyone involved with it.

I’m pleased to announce that we deposited $267,000 into our Endowment fund in 2011, moving us closer to the $3 million goal set by our Trustees several years ago. Their objective, and mine, is to ensure that funding for arboriculture and urban forestry research and education is available in perpetuity.

You can read more about our accomplishments in 2011 and our goals for 2012 in this issue and on our website. I ask you to support our efforts by making a gift to the TREE Fund, supporting a 2012 Tour rider, buying a chance on our Split-the-Pot raffle from your Chapter Liaison, purchasing an auction item or volunteering your time and skills to one of our local or national fundraising events. Everything we accomplish this year will come back to you. Thank you for helping us to realize our goals, and inspiring us to continue to reach toward new ones.

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The TREE Fund gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our major supporters.

(Cash Donations and Sponsorships received in 2011)

$40,000 +		$1,000 to $4,999		$500 – $999
STIHL Inc.		MediaCom USA		Gregg & Christine Asplundh
International Society of Arboriculture		Mid-Atlantic Chapter ISA		Melanie A. Baggerman
		Stephen Cieslewicz		James & Lucy Baker
$25,000 – $39,999		CWC Enterprises, Inc.		Barnes Tree  Service, Inc.
Asplundh Tree Expert Company		Doug Drysdale & Gisela  Zelenka-Drysdale		Harlan & Katherine Crow
Bartlett Tree Expert  Company		Doug & Linda  Anderson		East Central  Energy
Dominion		Dennis & Janet Bornancin		Andreas Enterprises
Ohio Chapter ISA		Busy Bee Tree Services		Chris T. Andrews
Arizona Public Service  ACRT .		MA Tree Wardens &  Foresters Association		Ex-cel Tree  Experts
$10,000 – $24,999		Steven & Lisa Asplundh		Steven D. Geist
Canadian TREE Fund		Lebanon Seaboard Corporation		Shirley D. Geist
Bandit Industries,  Inc.		Jeffrey M. Carney		Hamilton Tree  & Landscape
The Davey Tree Expert Company		Minnesota Society of  Arboriculture		Jeffrey & Alexia  Hamilton
PacifiCorp		Orlando Utilities  Commission		Arrowood
Pacific Gas and Electric Company		Pamela K.  Hendricksen		Ed & Brenda  Macie
Mid-Atlantic STIHL		Gregory & Rebecca Carver		Mark Bluhm
Timothy & Donna Gamma		CDC-BME STIHL Distributor		Gary Brooks
Stuart & Shirley  Crow		Colorado Tree  Coalition		Mike & Amy Neal
$5,000 – $9,999		Pogo Tree Experts		Arthur W. Batson, III
Arborwell		Western Chapter ISA		Ann S. Brown
Casey Trees		Wright Tree Service, Inc.		Penn-Del Chapter ISA
Lewis Tree  Service, Inc.		University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point		Stephanie A.  Buckalew
Mississippi Valley STIHL		Kevin & Doreen Crenshaw		Southern Chapter ISA
National Grid		Deer Park Apartments		Sharon Vore
NGK Spark Plugs, Inc.		Ford Motor Company		Al & Joyce West
TCIA		Heather L.  Green		Joyce A. Cadieux
Universal Utility Supply Company		Forestry Equipment of Virginia		Cozen  O’Connor
Arboriculture Australia		Utility Arborist Association		Trammell S. Crow
Florida Chapter ISA		Valley Crest Tree Care Services		Richard B. Dannenberg
Illinois Arborist  Association		Vermeer Manufacturing  Company		Dave Leonard  Consulting Arborist
Pacific Northwest Chapter ISA		Michael & Cynthia  Weidner		Robert & Adeline  deButts
Southern Chapter ISA		Wetland Studies and Solutions		Anthony R. Dibona
West Coast Arborists Inc.		Thomas Williams &  Helen Steussy
$1,000 to $4,999		Wright Tree Service		$500 – $999
New England Chapter ISA		Brian Hughes & Lori Morris-Hughes		Sydney & Ellen Hall
New Jersey Arborists		Indiana Arborist Association		David W. Graham
New York State Arborists		Hyland & Beth Johns		James W. Harris
Steven & Ginger  Parker		Mary E.  Landa		Robert Heath &  Elizabeth Buchanan
Dan E. P  atterson		$500 – $999		Hooper  Corporation
Professional Grounds Management		Albert & Rose Epperson		Douglas & Kathy  Huneke
Neil & Susan Rowland		Carlos A.  Duart		Iron Spring Farm
John & Valerie  Saylor		Glenwood Tree Experts		Landscape Inspectors Association
Tobias & Anne Sherrill		Kevin C.  Gaynor		Lee Brothers
Brian & Melissa Sipes		William & Beverly Gordon		Legacy Forestry Services
James & Colleen  Skiera		Rentals  Unlimited		L.I. Arboricultural  Association
E. Thomas Smiley		Ridgewood Management		James C. McBride
Philip & Lynn Straus		Michael & Danya Robinson		Mark McGahan
Synergistic  Solutions		Rocky Mountain Chapter  ISA		Edward Milhous & Roberta Ainsley
Tamke Tree Experts		Stephen Rubin		Bryan & Christine Moller
Tech Tree Experts		Shreiner Tree Care Specialists		Jerry & Marilyn Morey
Trees,  Inc.		Patricia  Skiera		NSTAR Electric & Gas
TreesPlease		South Side Total Power		Paul Mulhollem &  Valerie Cravens
US Bank		Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape		Scott & Amy Packard
Utah Community Forest Council		Wachtel Tree  Science		Rainbow Treecare  Scientific
Nancy M. Ash		Henry R. Wainwright		David & Mary DiCarlo
Brickman Group Ltd, LLC		Derrick & Susan Wells

Small donations have a big impact too! In 2011, the TREE Fund received 1,421 donations ranging from $1 to $499 for a total of $101,336. Thank you!!

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John Z. Duling Grants ($10,000)

	Dr. Richard J. Hauer, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Economics and emerald ash borer management: A comparison of doing nothing, preemptive removal, replacement, and treatment in the urban forest
	Dr. Edward Gilman, University of Florida Effect of container size on tree establishment and anchorage

Hyland R. Johns Grants ($25,000/3 years)

	Dr. Michael Arnold, Texas A&M University Does size really matter with container-grown trees?
	Dr. Edward Gilman, University of Florida Failure potential of limbs receiving reduction or heading cuts, and of resulting sprouts, in directional, structural or restoration pruning

Jack Kimmel International Grants

	Dr. Susan D. Day, Virginia Tech University ($10,000/2 years) Strategies to resolve conflicts between trees and new LID storm water best management practices
	Denise Johnstone, University of Melbourne ($8,600/2 years) A novel way of measuring tree vitality in mature urban trees

Arboriculture Education Program Grant ($3,429.54)

San Joaquin County (CA) Outdoor School Science Program Purchase of updated arboriculture education materials and equipment for use by 5th and 6th graders during 33 week-long Outdoor Education sessions offered per year.

Urban Tree Growth & Longevity Symposium ($2,500)

Hosted by ISA, The Morton Arboretum and the Urban Tree Growth & Longevity Working Group

Robert Felix Memorial Scholarship ($3,000)

	Jessica Briscoe, Brigham Young University
	Cory Lester, University of Massachusetts Amherst

John Wright Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)

Andrew Thew, Washington State University

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UPCOMING EVENTS

1/3/2012: Registration opens for 2012 STIHL Tour des Trees at www.stihltourdestrees.org

1/3/2012: Applications available at www.treefund.org for:

• Robert Felix Memorial Scholarships
• Hyland R. Johns Grants
• Arboriculture Education Grants

2/15/2012: Applications available at www.treefund.org for:

• John Wright Memorial Scholarships

4/1/2012: Applications deadline for:

• Robert Felix Memorial Scholarships
• Hyland R. Johns Grants
• Arboriculture Education Grants

5/15/2012: Applications deadline for:

• John Wright Memorial Scholarships

7/2/2012: Applications available at www.treefund.org for:

• John Z. Duling Grants
• Jack Kimmel International Grants

8/5 – 8/11/2012: 2012 STIHL Tour des Trees, Oregon Loop Tour

8/13/2012: “Raise Your Hand for Research” Auction

Doubletree Hotel Portland

The TREE Fund Board of Trustees recently approved funding for the following new research projects:

John Z. Duling Grants ($10,000)

	Dr. Edward Gilman, University of Florida Tree Response to Pruning Cuts on Branches that Lack Collars Dr. Gilman’s research seeks to discover how cut size and angle affects branches without a visible branch collar, facilitating recommendations for pruning to limit the advance of discolored and decayed wood.
	Dr. Gary Watson, The Morton Arboretum Utilizing Space Age Digital Strain Measurement Technology to Identify Zones of Mechanical Weakness in Trees Dr. Watson is studying the applicability of NASA’s ARAMIS stereophotogrammetry technology to improving our understanding of tree biomechanics and more accurately identifying zones of weakness and potential failure in trees.

Jack Kimmel International Grants

Matt Follett, University of Quebec at Montreal Effect of Pruning Type on Crown Motion Mr. Follett’s project investigates the effect of thinning and reduction pruning on the dynamic motion of tree crowns. His objective is to provide improved best-practices recommendations for crown pruning, resulting in decreased crown-related failures in mature urban trees.

Dr. Alessio Fini, University of Florence Effects of root severance by excavation on growth, physiology and uprooting resistance of two urban tree species Dr. Fini is studying the effects of root damage on tree growth, stability and physiology, comparing two species thought to differ in tolerance to root manipulation, and investigating how localized root damage affects the leaf gas exchange of the entire canopy.

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STIHL, Bartlett commit to 3-year sponsorship agreements.

The cyclists, fundraisers and sponsors of the 2011 STIHL Tour des Trees joined forces to raise a record-breaking $512,265 in 2011, and the TREE Fund has set its sights on repeating that accomplishment in 2012.

TREE Fund partners STIHL Inc., Bartlett Tree Experts, Asplundh Tree Experts, Dominion and KASK were joined by The Davey Tree Expert Company and 19 other sponsors in contributing an unprecedented $227,500 in support of the 2011 Tour. 66 cyclists, along with 31 Ride for Research day-riders, pushed the fundraising total past the half-million dollar mark for the first time in the Tour’s 20-year history.

“We’ve had our sights set on that magic half-million dollar mark since STIHL signed as the Tour’s Title Sponsor in 2009”, said TREE Fund President/CEO Janet Bornancin. “We’ve been building on the momentum which STIHL and National Grid created when they signed on as our first Title and Crown Sponsors in ‘09. We had a record breaking year in 2010, and an extraordinary effort by our 2011 cyclists has brought us to the top of the mountain. We’ve set a new standard for the Tour; there’s no looking back once you’ve reached that level of achievement.”

Sponsor and rider recruitment for the 2012 Tour is underway and gaining momentum of its own. STIHL announced in January its commitment to Title Sponsorship of the Tour through 2014, valued at $300,000 in cash and in-kind support over three years. Bartlett followed suit with a 3-year commitment to Crown Sponsorship of the TREE Fund, valued at $150,000 (cash/in-kind) for 2012-14. KASK has renewed its commitment to supply the Tour with custom cycling helmets valued at $25,000, and the Charter members of the Power Source Alliance (APS, National Grid, PacifiCorp and PG&E) each pledged $10,000 to further defray the costs of the 2012 event.

Rider registration opened January 3, and several cyclists were poised and ready with donations they’d begun soliciting in 2011. The 2012 Tour, scheduled for August 5-11 in Oregon, has been generating buzz as a “bucket list” ride not to be missed by serious cyclists. The ride will trace a loop from Portland that includes Oregon’s coastline, vineyards, high desert and Columbia River Gorge, with Douglas firs and Mt. Hood providing the backdrop for a visually spectacular week. The 585-mile route offers challenging cycling for those eager to “riderideride”, with shorter-mileage options available on some of the century (100+ miles) days.

Professor Elwood Pricklethorn (aka Toronto arborist and veteran Tour cyclist Warren Hoselton) has signed on to provide educational programming to young audiences during the Oregon Tour. The TREE Fund expects to add at least a dozen new entries to its list of trees planted by Tour riders over the years. (The 2011 Tour also set a record in that category, with 45 new trees planted in Virginia last October).

The Tour concludes with a 1-day recreational Ride for Research in Portland August 11, and a 20th Anniversary celebration at Portland’s Laurelhurst Park, site of ISA’s 2012 International Tree Climbing Competition and Arbor Fair. Veteran Tour riders Phil Graham and Terrill Collier are eagerly anticipating hosting the Tour on their home turf in August. With the support of Tour Director Paul Wood and a host of local volunteers they’re working to make the 2012 Tour the ride of a lifetime. TREE Fund Trustee and 6-time Tour rider Hallie Dozier was one of the first to sign up. “I am wild about trees and bicycles!” she said. “Riding the Tour is a great way for me to give back, to be “green” and to see our beautiful country!” Visit www.stihltourdestrees.org to learn more or to sign up to ride, volunteer, sponsor or support a rider with a donation.

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